Maria Mola @mariamola.bsky.social Artist
Lizzie Brooks @lizziebrooks.bsky.social 📚 Author, Freelance Editor ⭐️Kirkus star recipient, IMPERFECTLY PERFECT POSEY-Order now:
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HOW HALLOWEEN ALMOST HALLOWASN'T 🎃👻 2027! 🎉
Carley Fortune @carleyfortune.bsky.social I’m the #1 NYT bestselling author of Every Summer After, Meet Me at the Lake, and This Summer Will Be Different.
My fourth novel is called One Golden Summer, and it comes out May 6, 2025.
www.carleyfortune.com
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Abi Cushman @abicushman.com Kidlit Author/Illustrator
☔️ Soaked!
🚗 Animals Go Vroom!
🐻 Wombats Are Pretty Weird | Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
🐹 The Quiet Forest | The Quiet Ocean
https://www.abicushman.com | Newsletter: https://www.abicushman.com/join-my-email-list
Tom Knight @tomknightdraws.bsky.social Illustrator from the mud flats of Essex.
Neesha Hudson @neeshahudson.bsky.social -Mom, Illustrator, Chinese Crested enthusiast- ✨THE BEST FLOWER EVER! (Dial 2023) ✨TURTLE IN A TREE (Dial 2021)
Rep’d by Writers House
www.neeshahudson.com
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
@ogemora.bsky.social @ogemora.bsky.social 
Anne Wynter @annewynter.bsky.social Writing books. Reading books.
Nicky Johnston @nickyjohnston.bsky.social Australian creator of children’s picture books.
www.nickyjohnston.com.au
Lian Cho @liantomato.bsky.social Author and illustrator of many goofy books.
I won an award and I won’t shut up about it.
I also run a newsletter about my silly life.
Fanny Liem @fannyliem.bsky.social Children’s Book Illustrator, aspiring to be an Author one day.
Country Music Fans
www.fannywen.com
Justin Colón @justincolonbooks.bsky.social Children's Author. Professional Voice & On-Camera Actor. Backyard Beekeeper. Classical Pianist in training.
Author Website: justincolonbooks.com
Critiques & Consultations: kidlithive.com
Adam Rubin @rubingo.bsky.social Author of books your kids might know. Shopkeeper at Art of Play. Producer at 69 Atlantic. “Full-time evangelist of delight and awe”
Brooklyn, NY.
www.whothehell.com
Alice B. McGinty, Children’s Book Author @alicebmcginty.bsky.social Alice B. McGinty is the award winning author of over 50 books for children and an enthusiastic presenter at schools and libraries!
Claire Annette Noland @claireannette.bsky.social Children’s Picture Book Author
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” (E.B. White)
vegy🥕power🥕🐇 @vegypower.bsky.social Powered by #veggies.
#Vegan Ⓥ for the animals🐮🐷🐣🦃🐑🐰🦈
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Karen Kaufman Orloff @kkorloff.bsky.social I'm a children's author with twelve published titles and one in the works. I'm a member of SCBWI and co-creator of Children's Writers of the Hudson Valley (cwhv).
Karl Newson @karlnewson.bsky.social Children's author of picture books 📚
Captain Christmas 🏴☠️🎅
All Aboard the Bedtime Bus 🚌💤
I am a Tiger 🐭🐯
The Same But Different Too 🐼🐱
I Really Really Need a Wee 🚽
Books in 30+ languages
Erin La Rosa @erinlarosa.bsky.social Romance author of The Backtrack, Plot Twist, and For Butter or Worse
Mike Boldt @mikeboldt.bsky.social New York Times Best-Selling Illustrator of JUST TRY ONE BITE! Author/Illustrator of the CANTALOUPE AND HONEYDO series, DON'T EAT BEES, BAD DOG, and others.
Rep'd by Jennifer Rofé
Links here: https://linktr.ee/mikeboldt
Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social Children’s Author. Devout Californian.
Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA
www.devpetty.com
Joyce Wan @joycewanbooks.bsky.social 💖Author & Illustrator of 30+ Children’s Books w/ Over 2 Million Books in Print
💖Cute Stuff Creator
💖Repped by Teresa Kietlinski of Bookmark Literary
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/joycewanbooks
Laura Gehl @authorlauragehl.bsky.social Author of board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade nonfiction. Lover of reading, travel, hiking, and ice cream, preferably combined. 
Ann Bonwill @annbonwill.bsky.social
Jim Field @jimfield.bsky.social Children’s book Illustrator, author, artist, character designer.
@briannefarley.bsky.social @briannefarley.bsky.social 
Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social Editorial consultant at Alison Weiss Editorial. Causing all sorts of mayhem in the publishing world.
www.alisonweisseditorial.com
Linda Joy Singleton @lindajoysingleton.bsky.social Author of over 55 middle-grade, YA, and picture books. Loves speaking at schools, libraries, and conferences. Owned by five cats. Writing news and frebies at Www.LindaJoySingleton.com
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Debra Daugherty @debradaugherty.bsky.social Children's Book Author. SCBWI member. SCBWI-IL representative for the Springfield area network. Author of The Memory Jar, Grandpa's Barn, and Cows Can't Be Clowns. https://writing-for-children.webnode.com #authorvisit #schoolvisit #libraryvisit
Laurie Carmody @lauriecarmody.bsky.social #PB #PictureBook #Author (Big Truck Playdate, Beaming Books, 2023). 
Julie Hauswirth @juliehauswirth.bsky.social I write PBs! | IF MY SISTER WERE A WORM (Holiday House ‘26) | Yeehoo Press Star Award '23 | SCBWI Most Promising Fiction MS 24' | Rep’d by CoCo Freeman
https://www.juliehauswirth.com
Monica Acker @monicaacker1.bsky.social THE LEGEND OF LEO coming Spring 2026 art by Mikel Valverde Marble Press | BRAVE LIKE MOM art by Paran Kim Beaming Books | Agent: Kaitlyn Sanchez @ Bradford
#SCBWI #12x12PB, mom of 3, ♥'s🥜🍫
she/her/hers https://linktr.ee/monicaacker
Mike Curato @mikecurato.bsky.social author & illustrator
🌈Gaysians, 🔥Flamer, 🐘Little Elliot
Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com 🇨🇦 Author/illustrator. Illus books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. Author news, more: https://debbieohi.com/links/ Atmosphere updates: https://debbieohi.com/standard-reader
📚 I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS
🎨 I'M BUSY
DebbieOhi.com
Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social 9 years in the NFL. 2 rings. #9years2rings
Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social Children’s picture book author repped by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency
tammisauer.com
Jon Klassen @jonklassen.bsky.social Not the author
Kidlit Firefly @kidlitfirefly.bsky.social An exciting kidlit community that focuses on helping writers and illustrators shine!
Learn more at www.kidlitfirefly.com
Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social JD/MBA | Associate Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | rep: Marilyn Biderman & Brenna English-Loeb at Transatlantic Agency
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Mirelle Ortega @msmirelle.bsky.social 🇲🇽 award-winning artist and writer for kidlit and animation. Author/illustrator of MAGIC and RIVER OF MARIPOSAS.
Website: https://www.mirelleortega.com/
Instagram: @msmirelle
Newsletter: https://mirelleortega.substack.com/
Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social Kidlit Author (Rep: Amy Nielsen) + Trauma Therapist | THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR MARCHING (2029)| Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
Amy R. Murrell @amyrmurrellauthor.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist; Author, Member of the Authors' Guild, SCBWI, Mighty KidLit, 12x12, Storyteller Academy, Children’s Book Academy , and more :)
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Renee Runge, literary agent @reneerunge.bsky.social Associate Agent at Spencerhill Associates repping middle grade and young adult fiction 📖🐛 (do not DM me submissions) | MA/MFA in Children’s Literature
Morgan Hughes @morganchughes.bsky.social Associate Literary Agent @ FinePrint Lit
Bonnie Swanson @bbswannauthor.bsky.social Literary Agent at FinePrint Literary (CLOSED TO QUERIES)
Author
Ally
Chronically Ill
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AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
@h-ealthylife.bsky.social @h-ealthylife.bsky.social ALIEXPRESS
BEST DEALS 😍
Becky Walker @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social ✍️#Kidlit author (rep’d by Stephen Fraser)
📚Debut 2027, Charlesbridge
FRASER & HENRY GROW A FRIEND, May 25,2027
💻business owner
🧳explorer of the world
👋🏼Love making friends!
https://linktr.ee/beckysuzannewalker?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Laurel Symonds @laurelsymonds.bsky.social Senior literary agent at kt literary (closed to queries). Updates only. Opinions my own. She/her
Samantha Wekstein @swekstein.bsky.social Senior Literary Agent @TLA, She/Her, Terp🐢, ENFJ, ♑, dog lover
Illustrators: http://wekstein-illustrators.weebly.com.
Pitch to: http://QueryManager.com/SamanthaWekstein
Editing: https://samanthaweksteineditorial.square.site/
https://linktr.ee/swekstein
Erica Silverman @ericasauthor.bsky.social Children's Book Author, retired librarian, cheerleader for native plants and urban wildlife. New release: The City Sings Green and other poems about Welcoming Wildlife. #bluewave2026 #bluewave2028
Kari Ann Gonzalez, Author @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social Lover of sweets, tea, hobby farming, reading, and writing. Award-winning children's author of How To Hatch A Reader (23), How To Hatch A Writer (25), If You Live On A Farm (26), and 3 more unannounced titles to share soon!
Bonnie Kelso @bonniekelso.bsky.social Author illustrator of books for kids. Nature, humor, and cuteness are my pb & jam. Rep'd by Liz Nealon @GreatDogLit https://linktr.ee/bonniekelso
byraquelromero @byraquelromero.bsky.social Picture Book Writer 📚
Rhymer 🎶
#PBRisingStars '26 Mentee 🌟
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
(shorturl.at/1obFR)
The Storytellers Foundation | The Storyteller's Shelf Podcast @tstorypodcast.bsky.social https://thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com 📚 Kidlit experts. 📖 We demystify publishing! | 🥇 Top 100 & Spotify Award-Winning Podcast | Home of The Big Bang Notable Book List & The Storytellers Summit Series | summit.getstoryrise.com
Alessandra Requena @readwithriver.bsky.social Author. I have more ideas than your average person, but considerably less follow through.
Anika Aldamuy Denise @anikaadenise.bsky.social Award-winning author of Planting Stories (Pura Belpré Honor, 2020) Phenomenal AOC (Pura Belpré Honor for illustration, 2022), Gato Guapo, A Girl Named Rosita, La Bandera (2026), and more.
Sergio Ruzzier @ruzzier.bsky.social Author and illustrator of picture books.
Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social Writer of picture books and kisser of cats. DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com
Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social Author, illustrator of books like The Dot, Be You, The Word Collector. Founder of.FableVision.com peterhreynolds.com
Ryan T. Higgins @theryanthiggins.bsky.social 
Jennifer K. Mann @jenniferkmann.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Children’s Books. Most recent: THE CAMPING TRIP, MAPLE AND ROSEMARY, CLIMBING THE VOLCANO, THE RIDING LESSON. Coming soon:GOOD MORNING, MORNING!
Phaea Crede @phaeacrede.bsky.social Picture book author | Rat enthusiast 🐀 | Join my mailing list (not haunted) https://forms.gle/f7131vYcCiTd6GVx8
Alison Murray @alisonmurray.bsky.social Illustrator and author of picture books, big reader, over thinker, dog lover, screen printer, allotment grower, green, ally, she / her
http://www.everythingispattern.com
Brooke Hartman @brkhartman.bsky.social 
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow @authorjamilah.bsky.social 🔸Children’s book author of very Black, very Muslim stories
🔸2-Time Muslim Bookstagram Winner
🔸Honors: Golden Kite, Walter Award, Irma Black
🔸SLA Information Award
🔸A bit political. A lot human.
🔸Rep’d by @Pterlip
🔸 www.JamilahTheWriter.com
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
Alfred A. Knopf @aaknopf.bsky.social #ABorzoiBook • Dedicated to publishing distinguished fiction and nonfiction since 1915.
An imprint of @penguinrandomhouse.
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Isabella Kung @isabellakung.bsky.social 🖋Author + 🎨illustrator of
🌊 NUNU AND THE SEA
🐈⬛NO FUZZBALL! & 🐈NO SNOWBALL!
🎨Illustrator of 123 CATS & ABC CATS
👩🏻🏫 Instructor @storyteller_academy
☎️ Rep: @literaticat.bsky.social
🔗 www.IsabellaKung.com
Beatrice Blue @beatriceblue.bsky.social Picture Book artist and Writer — Art Director.
Lauren Stringer @lolozinger.bsky.social Artist, Author, Picture Book Maker
Ellen Tarlow @ellentarlow.bsky.social 
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Flashlight Press @flashlightpress.bsky.social Picture books that explore and illuminate touching and humorous moments of family situations. www.FlashlightPress.com
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Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Martha Brockenbrough @marthabee.bsky.social Out this year: FUTURE TENSE: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything and FRANK AND THE BIG MISTAKE. http://marthabrockenbrough.com
Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social Retired; the blue dot in red state; midwest, volunteering & mentoring undergrads, grads, alums; Indiana Fever Fan. BS, PhD in engineering, MBA in strategy, fifty years employed in automotive electronics; Love Baroque music. Love travel, 2 kids, 7 grands.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Amy Malloy @theworldofamy.bsky.social Uk-based author-illustrator, picturebook maker.
Falmouth MA Illustration grad
I feel stories & make them
Mainly drink tea, wild swim, read and doodle. 
Lisa Gerin @lisagerin1.bsky.social Picture Book author. NJ-Tucson #SCBWI Cat & cacti wrangler School visits-https://lisagerin.com
Author of ROSALIND LOOKED CLOSER- abt scientist Rosalind Franklin (22') LUCY STONE SPEAKS UP about suffragette Lucy Stone
(27) Beaming Books Former librarian
Marla Frazee @marlafrazee.bsky.social Author/illustrator • HOW ELEGANT THE ELEPHANT • IN EVERY LIFE • THE FARMER BOOKS • BOSS BABY • IT TAKES A VILLAGE by Hillary Clinton • 3x Caldecott Honoree 💫
Sasha🍁Illustrator @msalexsart.bsky.social 📍Freelance illustrator
🎨Illustration | Fan art |
📚 Children's book illustration
💌msartprintnow@gmail.com or DM
Danielle Collins @daniellecollins.bsky.social Hi I’m Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Children’s // (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Mara S. Cobe @cobemara.bsky.social 
Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social Founder & Agent at Janine Le Literary Agency. Found outdoors or in a book.
janinele.com